TOKYO: An earthquake jolted Taiwan and small islands of Japan on Monday, official monitoring sites said, briefly prompting a warning for a 1-meter tsunami for the Okinawa island chain, the Japan Meteorological Agency said
The agency issued a warning for a 1-metre tsunami in small islands that are part of Okinawa after the 10:43 (0143 GMT) quake .The agency later lifted the tsunami warning
No damage or injuries were reported in either country after the quake, which shook office buildings in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.
The US Geological Survey said the 6.6 magnitude quake, which Japanese authorities had originally put at 6.8, struck 71 kilometres (44 miles) east of Hualian, Taiwan at 0143 GMT.
Japan sits at the confluence of four of the earth´s tectonic plates and registers more than 20 percent of the planet´s most powerful earthquakes every year..
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami after the quake.
